SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors have searched the headquarters of a tourist and leisure business suspected of having provided illegal funds to National Assembly Speaker Park Hee-tae to help him win a party leadership race in 2008, a prosecution official said Saturday. Full story
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The head of the U.S. Pacific Command said Friday that there will be no "significant" change in the scale and role of American troops in South Korea despite the Pentagon's plan to cut budgets and slash the number of ground troops. Full story
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- A top U.S. official on North Korea will visit Russia next week to discuss ways to deal with Pyongyang under a new leadership, the State Department said Friday. Full story
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- About 150 activists and North Korean defectors held a symbolic rally in central Seoul Friday to protest against human rights abuses in North Korea. Full story
